Falafel is usually made of kabuli chana and deep-fried, but here we have made it with moong dal and cooked it in an appe mould to avoid deep-frying. You also get a good dose of healthy kabuli chana from the hummus!

The third part of this wonderful dish is the whole wheat pita bread. This is available in stores, but you can never be sure if it is made of whole wheat flour, so let’s make that ourselves – this simple recipe will help you master the art of making whole wheat pita bread too.

Once you get all the ingredients ready, it is time to assemble them together into sumptuous Falafel in Whole Wheat Pita Pockets, which you can enjoy occasionally to satisfy the craving for your favourite snacks.

Although this dish involves some effort in preparing each component, it is totally worth the effort because you can be assured of the healthiness and keep your blood sugar levels under check.

Transfer the mixture into a deep bowl, all the remaining ingredients and mix well.

Heat an appe mould on a medium flame and grease it using ¼ tsp of oil.

Put a little mixture of the batter into each of the 7 moulds.

Cover with a lid and cook, using ¼ tsp of oil, till the lower surface becomes golden brown and then turn each appe upside down using a fork so as to cook them from the other side.

Repeat steps 5 and 6 to make 41 more falafels in 6 more batches.

How to proceedHow to proceed

Take a pita bread halve, spread 1 tbsp of the hummus, ½ tsp of garlic chutney and spread it evenly. Add 4 falafels and top it with 1 ½ tbsp. Curd dressing and finally 1 tbsp of lettuce and 3 tomato slices evenly over it.

Repeat step 1 to make 11 more falafel in whole wheat pita pockets.

Serve immediately.

Disclaimer:Disclaimer:

It is highly recommended that this recipe be relished by diabetics only occasionally and in small quantities. This is just a mere ‘treat’ and does not qualify for a regular diabetic menu.

Quite filling!! Nice idea of making moong dal falafel so they bind and cook well in an appe mould... This a way to do away with excess fat. The low-fat curd dressing gives the needed moistness to the pitas and thus make it more appetizing.

Tarla Dalal &nbsp&nbsp If you make half the dough of the Butter naan without yeast recipe and then proceed to roll and cook the pita as per the recipe above, then the Nutritive values per falafel won''t change drastically.